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 | | When a youngster won a $25 prize for a little minuet composed for the piano, Pelletier made a point of obtaining the score, orchestrating it, having the symphony play it for the children at one of their concerts, and then introducing the young composer to the audience. |
 | | Pelletier promptly hired world-famous teachers — a horn player from Toscanini’s NBC Symphony, a percussion player from the New York Philharmonic, Grandjany for the harp — all to the chagrin of the government that wanted him to hire local people. |
 | | In April 1981, Pelletier was one of the Canadians recognized by the Met when it dedicated its annual ball to Canada “in honour of the contribution of Canadians to classical music and to opera,” and a month later he was in Montréal for an 85th birthday celebration. |
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